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Congress has passed a $2 trillion economic stimulus package, including support for the arts community.
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$2 Trillion Stimulus Package Includes Support for the Arts
Congress's emergency relief bill includes provisions for the National Endowment for the Arts and the Kennedy Center.
The Five International Companies of <em>Come From Away</em> Celebrate World Theater Day
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The Five International Companies of Come From Away Celebrate World Theater Day
The Tony-nominated musical releases a supercut of "Welcome to the Rock."
Flashback Friday: Remember Terrence McNally With "Make Them Hear You" From <em>Ragtime</em>
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Flashback Friday: Remember Terrence McNally With "Make Them Hear You" From Ragtime
Original leading man Brian Stokes Mitchell sings the Ahrens and Flaherty anthem.
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton star in the 1966 film adaptation of <em>Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</em>
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5 Ways to Make Up for Missing That Show You Had a Ticket for Before the NYC Shutdown
Consider this a mini-film festival featuring all the Broadway and off-Broadway shows you've had to scratch from your calendar.
COVID-19 Claims a Great American Playwright, Terrence McNally
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COVID-19 Claims a Great American Playwright, Terrence McNally
Our chief critic offers a tribute to a prolific and unfailingly compassionate dramatist.
Mark Blum has died at the age of 69.
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Beloved Stage Actor Mark Blum Dies of Coronavirus Complications at 69
Blum worked at nearly every off-Broadway theater across New York City.
Do You Know the "Answers" to Last Night's "Short Runs on Broadway" <em>Jeopardy!</em> Category?
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Do You Know the "Answers" to Last Night's "Short Runs on Broadway" Jeopardy! Category?
See how well you do at guessing the names of these classic flops.
Bryan Cranston at the 2018 Outer Critics Circle Awards.
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70th Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards Postponed
The 2020 nominations were set to be revealed on April 20.
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Supercut: Highlights From Our BwayHandWashChallenge, With Donna Murphy, Jelani Alladin, and More
Watch Broadway’s biggest stars wash their hands for charity.
Daveed Diggs, Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., and Renée Elise Goldsberry with their Tony Awards.
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2020 Tony Awards to Be Postponed and Rescheduled
The awards show will no longer take place on June 7.
Josefina Gabrielle and Hugh Jackman as Laurey and Curly in the 1998 National Theatre production of <em>Oklahoma!</em>
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R&H Movie Night Continues With Oklahoma! Starring Hugh Jackman
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization partners with BroadwayHD to offer a Friday night movie.
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Making the Music: How Duncan Sheik Wrote "Don't Do Sadness" From Spring Awakening
This is the first of a three-part series featuring the composer.
Sharon D. Clarke and Debra Messing in promotional images for <em>Caroline, or Change</em> and <em>Birthday Candles</em>.
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Caroline, or Change and Birthday Candles Will Return to Broadway This Fall
The Roundabout Theatre Company Broadway productions are expected to resume later this year.
Cindy De La Cruz and Mateo Ferro star in Ren Dara Santiago's <em>The Siblings Play</em>, directed by Jenna Worsham, at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.
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The Siblings Play Keeps Hustling in the Time of Coronavirus
Its live run was cut short, but the show goes online.
Jeremy Jordan will sing "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’" from <em>Oklahoma!</em> to kick off <em>R&H Goes Live!</em>
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Watch Jeremy Jordan Kick Off R&H Goes Live! With an Oklahoma! Classic
Laura Osnes hosts the livestream spinoff of the R&H Goes Pop! music video series.
Michael Jackson in concert, circa 1992.
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Michael Jackson Estate Donates $100,000 to Broadway Cares Coronavirus Fund
The estate is currently working on the Broadway production of MJ, scheduled to open this summer.
<em>In the Heights</em> Movie Pulled Indefinitely due to COVID-19 Pandemic
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In the Heights Movie Pulled Indefinitely due to COVID-19 Pandemic
The film adaptation Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-winning musical gets postponed by Warner Bros.
Terrence McNally has died.
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Terrence McNally, Tony Award-Winning Playwright, Dies From Coronavirus Complications
McNally's career spanned more than 60 years across the world of entertainment.
Rita Moreno stars in <em>One Day at a Time</em> and <em>West Side Story</em>.
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Rita Moreno Dishes on the Returns of One Day at a Time and West Side Story
The legendary actor discusses her latest projects over a laugh-filled phone call.
Elton John is the composer of <em>Aida</em>.
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Aida, Clue, and More Set for 2020-21 Season at Paper Mill Playhouse
Find out what's on tap at the New Jersey theater.
Scott Michael Foster (Jake Colby) and Laura Osnes (Maggie Case) in Hallmark Channel's <em>In the Key of Love</em>.
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A Quarantined Theater Critic Recaps Hallmark's In the Key of Love, Starring Laura Osnes
The musical movie, starring Osnes and Scott Michael Foster, had a surprise television premiere over the weekend after being shelved by the network in June.
Daveed Diggs and Noah Galvin are among the performers participating in the latest edition of <em>The 24 Hour Plays</em>.
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Daveed Diggs, Noah Galvin, and More Join The 24 Hour Plays
A new set of Viral Monologues will be released tonight, beginning at 6pm.
Actors' Equity Association has launched an emergency Curtain Up Fund to help support members at risk due to work cancellations resulting from COVID-19.
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Actors' Equity Launches Emergency Curtain Up Fund
This fund will help members at risk due to work cancellations resulting from COVID-19.
Jordan Roth is among more than 20 Broadway producers offering a $1 million challenge match to double the impact of donations to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS's COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund.
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Producers Offer $1 Million Match for BC/EFA's COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund
The fund helps those onstage, backstage, and behind the scenes impacted by the shutdowns due to the coronavirus.